Chapter Three.

Inu-yasha pulled up to the construction sight slowly, he could sense that something was amiss. There was a dark presence all around and he could smell a semi familiar sent that he was sure he'd smelled before back in the Feudal Era. It was like the stench of death to him.

"So the boss needed me to come into work today." He said to himself as he parked his bike down the street. "We'll just see what the boss wants from me." He ran into a nearby ally and changed clothes. He was now dressed in his red kimono and the Tetsusaiga hung in his belt at his side. With a leap and a bound he jumped over the wooden fence that surrounded the construction sight and found himself in the midst of a dark miasma. He knew this old trick well. "Naraku." He said and a familiar voice came from deep within the dark cloud.

"So you remember me Inu-yasha. I had thought you'd forgotten about me, since you abandoned your quest so long ago. But it hasn't been that long ago for you has it? For me it has been a long time since I've seen daylight. Many centuries have passed."

"So someone actually found a way to seal you up and stop you huh." Inu-yasha replied as he took up a defensive stance. He looked around and sniffed the air. Naraku's sent was weak, like it was being blocked by something. The seal, of course. He was locked away behind the seal they had found and now he was trying to get out again. Inu-yasha couldn't allow that to happen. He charged deep into the dark miasma, all the way into the center, and there he found a horrid sight. All the people he'd worked with the night before lay hanging from the iron building frame. Where was his Boss though? Inu-yasha looked for him but could not find him amongst the dead.

"I'm here Inu-yasha." Came his Boss's voice and then Inu-yasha smelt another sent.
"That smell, it smells like fireworks." Inu-yasha strained to see through the mists but all he could make out was a dim sparkling like the tip of a cigarette. He knew that his Boss was a smoker but… "Dynamite!" It suddenly occurred to Inu-yasha. He'd seen his friends use it to remove large rocks from a sight when they cleared it. He turned then and ran as fast as he could to get away but before he could get out into the open air…

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Kagome came running down the street towards the construction sight followed by the others. She was glad that Inu-yasha worked so close to home. Her feet hurt and so did her back. She wasn't used to running this fast or far anymore and the pregnancy slowed her down considerably. Once she found Inu-yasha though and warned him of what his brother was planning then she could rest but not until she knew that her beloved Inu-yasha was safe. Just as she turned the corner though the construction sight exploded with a loud ka-boom!!!

"Oh my God!" Kagome screamed. Debris and smoke and dust flew everywhere. Hojo came running up from behind Kagome and pulled her down, shielding her with his body, which turned out to be a very heroic thing since a piece of sharp metal came hurling down at him. The metal fragment ripped through Hojo's shoulder and he cried out in pain.

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Inu-yasha wiped the dust from his eyes and coughed as smoke filled his lungs. Then he looked up and through the cloud of smoke and dust he saw a bright purple light coming up from the ground.

"So you got tired of hiding underneath a rock huh." Inu-yasha said, "Bring it on." Naraku came forth from the pit and struck at Inu-yasha with his demonic sword, with the demon strike Inu-yasha blocked the blow with his own sword and then leaped up into the air above the smoke and debris. Naraku followed and from the his body sprouted demonic roots which wrapped around Inu-yasha's arms and legs, binding him.

"I have you now!" Naraku cried as he flew forward with his sword to strike the killing blow. Inu-yasha was not that easily defeated though. He broke free from the roots and landed feet first on the top of a passing car, denting the roof, and frightening the already anxious driver. Then he leaped up again the two enemies clashed with swords, roots, and claws. It was clear that neither had the upper hand until suddenly Inu-yasha looked down and saw through the dust cloud, Kagome with the others gathered around her and Hojo.

"Kagome!" Inu-yasha cried then leaped down to her. Naraku followed only to be repelled by Miroku's barrier. "Kagome what are you doing here?" Inu-yasha demanded to know as he picked a wounded Hojo up and bore him over his shoulder.

"I was coming to warn you." She told him, "But it looks like you've got other problems to worry about. What's Naraku doing here?"

"He was sealed up underneath the artifact we uncovered." Inu-yasha quickly explained.

"I can't hold him for much longer!" Miroku cried. "Eri get out of here!"

"We'd all better get out of here!" Sango said and as soon as the barrier collapsed they made a break for it. Inu-yasha picked Kagome up underneath his other arm and carried her and Hojo as far and as fast as he could. Miroku in the mean time opened up his wind tunnel and began sucking in all the roots and insects that Naraku threw at them.

"Isn't there somewhere we can go for safety?" Eri asked as she ran.

"Only the shrine." Kagome answered. "That's it, from the Shrine Miroku and I can create a stronger barrier with holy magic to keep us safe!" They had to make back to the shrine it was their only hope so they ran until at last it seemed that they could not escape from their foe. Miroku was sick from absorbing all the insects, Eri was tired from running, and Hojo was bleeding too badly from his wounds to be moved any further. They would have to stop and make their stand there in the middle of the city.

"Oh if only I had my weapons." Sango said as she stood ready to face their enemy. Just then though, to their great fortune, Shippo and Kirara came bounding down the street with Sango's weapons and Kagome's bow and quiver.

"Sango catch!" Shippo cried and flung the heavy Hiraikotsu to her. She caught it in one hand and flung it quickly back into the air with the other. The heavy weapon whirled past Naraku as he moved aside and then slashed at Inu-yasha with the demon strike. Inu-yasha countered with the wind scar and then used his backlash wave to send Naraku flying backwards into the ground. As he impacted in the road he tore up concrete and earth beneath him. He was greatly wounded but so terribly that he could not get up again.

"Now I'm angry Inu-yasha." Naraku said calmly as he rose up from the ground, leaning on his sword. Suddenly though news vans, helicopters, and police cars came from all around. They swarmed into the area with ambulances and fire trucks and even the swat team.

"I think we're in big trouble now guys." Inu-yasha said as he caught his breath. "Kagome, I've got a bad feeling about all of this. Many people are going to die now."

"I know." She said leaning on him. "Inu-yasha I - " But before she could tell him he turned to her and put his arms around her.

"Kagome, I love you." He said then kissed her. There before the watching world, and the hell on earth which Naraku was about to unleash, their lips parted for what would be the last time.

"Inu-yasha!" Kagome cried as her lover left her and ran towards where Naraku had fallen. She stretched forth her hand but he was out of reach. "Inu-yasha I love you too!" She shouted at the top of her lungs hoping against hope that he could hear her over the sirens and engines and bullets now being fired at Naraku who stood before the human race as a Doomsday warrior. The police fired and fired until they ran out of bullets then Naraku slaughtered them mercilessly. Helicopters flew circles around him and he brought them down with great explosions.

"Chief, there's nothing that we have that can stop this guy!" One Officer said as they took cover from behind a squad car. Just then though Inu-yasha appeared before them and grabbed both men up just a Naraku brought his miasma down around the car. He leaped to a nearby roof top and set them down.

"Stay here and stay low." he told them. "Naraku is mine." Then he leaped back down to the street where he and Naraku clashed swords again. Amidst the hail of bullets and flames and loud sirens they battled with one another.

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"Kagome, what should we do?" Sango asked her as they brought Miroku and Hojo to a nearby ambulance.

"Good lord, what happened to these two?" The Paramedics asked.

"They were hurt." Kagome said flustered, "I, I need to sit down." She said and then it happened. Her water broke.

"Alright little lady, it looks like you're in a bad way yourself. Get another stretcher over hear, we've got a pregnant girl going to labor." One of the Paramedics said then led Kagome over to the back of the ambulance.

"I can't go." She told them, "Inu-yasha's back there, he needs me."

"You need some help miss, you're having a baby." They said to her. The Paramedics loaded Kagome up onto the stretcher and into the back of the waiting ambulance. Sango rode with her while Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi went with Hojo and Miroku. Shippo in the mean time and made himself scarce. He and Kirara would no doubt be needed to help end Naraku's terrible wave of destructing which was engulfing the city block by block now as he and Inu-yasah fought.

"Inu-yasha." Shippo said to himself as he followed on Kirara's back after their friend. "You've got to make it through this. Kagome's having the baby."